Upper Hunter farmers get the headers out despite terrible season

By Louise Nichols
Updated November 17 2017 - 3:45pm, first published 1:25pm
TOUGH SEASON: Richard Thompson, of Ballantyne, Cassilis, checks the moisture level of  his canola crop prior to harvest. This year he planted 320ha of canola with yields expected to be affected by the lack of rain.
TOUGH SEASON: Richard Thompson, of Ballantyne, Cassilis, checks the moisture level of his canola crop prior to harvest. This year he planted 320ha of canola with yields expected to be affected by the lack of rain.

The 2017 winter cropping season in the Upper Hunter can only be described in polite terms as challenging. 

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